No, it could be real. I'm probably the only one who read the article, but it said they had a sale going the day before. They most likely had a limit of how many you could get at that price. Then when this lady went through the next day, the pricing system or label on meat wasn't changed to normal pricing so there were problems at the register.

born_yesterday:strangeluck: born_yesterday: This story looks faker than batboy.

Nah, I think it's real. Plenty of people out there who would run to a newspaper crying over something stupid like this.

It's just inconceivable to me that a store would have a policy, or a clerk would give two shiats, regarding how much meat someone bought.

TFA said it had been on sale the day before. Grocery stores here (nc) often have limits when higher end cuts are on sale. Sounds like the clerk didn't realize the sale ended, and the woman was probably a raging biatch, since she's talking to the press about it.

Tchernobog:born_yesterday: strangeluck: born_yesterday: This story looks faker than batboy.

Nah, I think it's real. Plenty of people out there who would run to a newspaper crying over something stupid like this.

It's just inconceivable to me that a store would have a policy, or a clerk would give two shiats, regarding how much meat someone bought.

TFA said it had been on sale the day before. Grocery stores here (nc) often have limits when higher end cuts are on sale. Sounds like the clerk didn't realize the sale ended, and the woman was probably a raging biatch, since she's talking to the press about it.

Yep, stores here (pgh) have limits when any meat, or fast-moving item like Pepsi or Coke is discounted more than usual.

All you really have to do to get more is go again the next day. People will be doing this for the coming Memorial Day sales, for their cook-outs/parties.

lindalouwho:Tchernobog: born_yesterday: strangeluck: born_yesterday: This story looks faker than batboy.

Nah, I think it's real. Plenty of people out there who would run to a newspaper crying over something stupid like this.

It's just inconceivable to me that a store would have a policy, or a clerk would give two shiats, regarding how much meat someone bought.

TFA said it had been on sale the day before. Grocery stores here (nc) often have limits when higher end cuts are on sale. Sounds like the clerk didn't realize the sale ended, and the woman was probably a raging biatch, since she's talking to the press about it.

Yep, stores here (pgh) have limits when any meat, or fast-moving item like Pepsi or Coke is discounted more than usual.

All you really have to do to get more is go again the next day. People will be doing this for the coming Memorial Day sales, for their cook-outs/parties.

AWing woman in this story.

Nope, sorry; not buying it (ha!). I would rather live under the delusion that this story is fake than have to deal with the fact that this story is real, and someone honestly expected me to give a flying fark.

Sometimes when things are on sale, quantities are limited to keep ass-hats like you from cleaning out the place. Should they make an exception just for you? If they make that exception for everyone, it defeats the purpose.

Day_Old_Dutchie:I usually get stuck behind one of these in the checkout. The goddamn cheapskate just has to argue with the clerk over goddamn coupons..

Either it;s because (1) Coupon is expired (2) Coupon is for the 5 1/2 oz package, and the person is buying a 8 oz version. (3) Coupon is not in effect until the next day.

This inevitably winds up with the manager being paged, and, of course, he's out back having a cigarette and cannot hear the page.

So, here I am stuck behind this individual with my groceries on the conveyor belt and my frozen food and ice cream thawing out while they try to track down the manager.

Finally manager shows up and just authorizes the coupon anyway, to avoid a scene...

.

If the computerized scanner won't take the coupon, the coupon won't go through. The checker doesn't have the authority to override. The manager does. those barcodes on the coupons and on the packages mean something.

Nah, I think it's real. Plenty of people out there who would run to a newspaper crying over something stupid like this.

It's just inconceivable to me that a store would have a policy, or a clerk would give two shiats, regarding how much meat someone bought.

TFA said it had been on sale the day before. Grocery stores here (nc) often have limits when higher end cuts are on sale. Sounds like the clerk didn't realize the sale ended, and the woman was probably a raging biatch, since she's talking to the press about it.

Yep, stores here (pgh) have limits when any meat, or fast-moving item like Pepsi or Coke is discounted more than usual.

All you really have to do to get more is go again the next day. People will be doing this for the coming Memorial Day sales, for their cook-outs/parties.

AWing woman in this story.

Nope, sorry; not buying it (ha!). I would rather live under the delusion that this story is fake than have to deal with the fact that this story is real, and someone honestly expected me to give a flying fark.

Went to Target to get 3 things and there were only two registers open, both long lines. I chose one of them. Surprise! This line had a lady that was buying the whole store's worth of deodorant and other things and OF course she corrected the guy ringing her up on the price of things.

abhorrent1:Sometimes when things are on sale, quantities are limited to keep ass-hats like you from cleaning out the place. Should they make an exception just for you? If they make that exception for everyone, it defeats the purpose.

Around here, only the sale price is limited to a certain number of items. You can buy as many as you want at the regular price. I don't think I've ever seen limited quantity, except during local emergencies, although I'm not a hoarder so may I just never noticed.

big pig peaches:abhorrent1: Sometimes when things are on sale, quantities are limited to keep ass-hats like you from cleaning out the place. Should they make an exception just for you? If they make that exception for everyone, it defeats the purpose.

Around here, only the sale price is limited to a certain number of items. You can buy as many as you want at the regular price. I don't think I've ever seen limited quantity, except during local emergencies, although I'm not a hoarder so may I just never noticed.

When I get stuff on sale I'll get just one, maybe two depending on what it is, like a BOGO. But I hear grocery stores advertise sales on the radio all the time and they almost always say x-number per customer.

In the US it's a free tabloid found on commuter rail, subways, buses -- like a suburban shopper paper from a grocery store. Usual stories about how other people, with more money than you, have problems with vacations, air travel, buying stuff.

I'm not surprised that this self-absorbed jerk made a scene in the store, but I am a bit surprised that she was willing to pose for the photo and let the world know exactly what a self-absorbed jerk looks like. Retailers, take note...

Nah, I think it's real. Plenty of people out there who would run to a newspaper crying over something stupid like this.

It's just inconceivable to me that a store would have a policy, or a clerk would give two shiats, regarding how much meat someone bought.

TFA said it had been on sale the day before. Grocery stores here (nc) often have limits when higher end cuts are on sale. Sounds like the clerk didn't realize the sale ended, and the woman was probably a raging biatch, since she's talking to the press about it.

Yep, stores here (pgh) have limits when any meat, or fast-moving item like Pepsi or Coke is discounted more than usual.

All you really have to do to get more is go again the next day. People will be doing this for the coming Memorial Day sales, for their cook-outs/parties.

AWing woman in this story.

Nope, sorry; not buying it (ha!). I would rather live under the delusion that this story is fake than have to deal with the fact that this story is real, and someone honestly expected me to give a flying fark.

Nah, I think it's real. Plenty of people out there who would run to a newspaper crying over something stupid like this.

It's just inconceivable to me that a store would have a policy, or a clerk would give two shiats, regarding how much meat someone bought.

TFA said it had been on sale the day before. Grocery stores here (nc) often have limits when higher end cuts are on sale. Sounds like the clerk didn't realize the sale ended, and the woman was probably a raging biatch, since she's talking to the press about it.

Yep, stores here (pgh) have limits when any meat, or fast-moving item like Pepsi or Coke is discounted more than usual.

All you really have to do to get more is go again the next day. People will be doing this for the coming Memorial Day sales, for their cook-outs/parties.

AWing woman in this story.

Nope, sorry; not buying it (ha!). I would rather live under the delusion that this story is fake than have to deal with the fact that this story is real, and someone honestly expected me to give a flying fark.

Day_Old_Dutchie:I usually get stuck behind one of these in the checkout. The goddamn cheapskate just has to argue with the clerk over goddamn coupons..

Either it;s because (1) Coupon is expired (2) Coupon is for the 5 1/2 oz package, and the person is buying a 8 oz version. (3) Coupon is not in effect until the next day.

This inevitably winds up with the manager being paged, and, of course, he's out back having a cigarette and cannot hear the page.

So, here I am stuck behind this individual with my groceries on the conveyor belt and my frozen food and ice cream thawing out while they try to track down the manager.

Finally manager shows up and just authorizes the coupon anyway, to avoid a scene...

.

Supermarkets (and retail in general) POS systems have some of the absolute worst user interfaces and exception handling, with customer flows often stuck in the 70's or 80's, and the self-checkouts ten times as bad and as slow. Tesco/Fresh&Easy are about the only company I've come across to actually solve that problem, and for some reason retailers will only switch to the one-huge-queue for winter holidays. (And supermarkets usually won't even do that.) It makes you wonder what exactly it is that they invest in, and if that's why they only manage low-single-digit margins.